Is Helsinki worth visiting at Christmas? Finland’s iconic capital in winter 🇫🇮🎄❄️
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- čas přidán 6. 06. 2024
- Helsinki is Finland’s iconic capital - but is it worth a winter trip at Christmas time?
With several landmark attractions, we took the ferry from Tallinn in Estonia to Helsinki on the next step of our festive adventure. Sorry that we said in the video that it was our first time in Scandinavia! This was an honest mistake and we continue onto Sweden, Denmark and Norway next (we really didn’t mean to offend anyone!) We should have said Nordic!* ☺️
We were very excited to check out another spectacular Christmas market and explore some of Helsinki’s impressive architecture and history.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:52 Ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki
01:28 Scandic Grand Central hotel
02:50 Helsinki Cathedral and Christmas Market
04:38 National Library of Finland
06:15 Helsinki Christmas market at night
08:28 Uspenski Cathedral, Frozen seas and old sailing boats
09:19 Market Square (Kauppatori)
09:57 Suomenlinna Fortress
12:35 Last glimpse of Helsinki
13:23 Setting sail for Stockholm, Sweden
We visited the Christmas market in Senate Square which sits directly beneath the towering Helsinki Cathedral and explored a true hidden gem; the National Library of Finland.
The frozen seas on Helsinki’s coast are a remarkable phenomenon to witness and no trip to the city is complete without a visit to Suomenlinna Fortress or checking out Market Square.
Join us as we venture around Helsinki before setting sail on the Viking Line cruise ship to Stockholm in Sweden.
Thank you for watching our short film. We hope you enjoy it!
Ben and Marnie 💕
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Having grown up in Helsinki I want to thank you for making an effort to show something a little more unusual among all the normal touristy stuff. I had no idea that library was so cool. I need to check it out myself.
Ahh thank you for such a nice comment! And we’re glad you enjoyed the library clips - it was really cool and you have an awesome capital! We loved it 😀
I like how these videos are being structured as a follow on episode from each location opposed to just random destinations. Seeing your transition from Tallinn to Helsinki for example. Feels like we’re following along the journey. Good job guys! Merry Christmas🤠
Thanks man, glad you’re enjoying the videos! Merry Christmas to you too! Hope you have an awesome one 🎅
Very nice sharing dear friend 👌 beautiful place 😊
Thank you 😃 Helsinki is cool 😍
Thanks for very nice video from my hometown. I hope you enjoyed your stay
Thank you so much, we absolutely loved it. We will be back one day again in summertime to see the difference in seasons 😀
@@BenandMarnie yes absolutely you have to. It’s totally different
God Jul 🎅 Hyvää Joulua 🎅 Merry Christmas! Greetings from Ostrobothnia region Finland 🇫🇮
Thank you so much! 🎅
Merry Christmas to you too 😃🎄
Hope you have a great time!
Nice and very well produced video, and you had done your "homework" very well with the historical facts etc.
I'm glad you had good time in our capital. Welcome again in summertime when the city has quite different vibe if you haven't done it yet.
Merry Christmas from Finland! For some reason CZcams often suggests me foreign tourists' videos about Helsinki (and Finland generally) and they are nice to watch because then I can see my home country through someone else's eyes :)
What a lovely comment, thank you! We will definitely back again in summer someday. So many people have said it’s so different and so nice. You have a beautiful capital 😍
@@BenandMarnie I can give you little hints if you come here in summer. Just set your "base camp" to Helsinki and make daytrips to Turku and Tampere. They are easily reachable by train. Also Porvoo which is the second oldest city of the country after Turku is worth to visit. You can get there by bus from Helsinki and it takes only about an hour.
@@oh2mp thank you so much! We have made a note and will definitely check these places out when we return. We would love to spend longer and explore more of Finland as some of the landscapes also look incredible. A beautiful place for sure 👌
Привет ☕️ 🧇 🙋🏼♂️ Прекрасное и красивое видео 📹🔝✅️ С наступающим новым годом 🎅🏻🎁🎉🥳🎄❄️☃️
Would've loved to see dedicated videos from your ferry-trips and your thoughts about them. :)
Ahh thank you Mark, we will be sure to include more on things like this in future 😃
Thank you for visiting.
The pleasure was all ours 😃
Want to see more & more winter related videos mostly like colourful lighting as well as campaign videos at colourful cabin.❤
There’s certainly more of that to come. Cabins in Norway are on our video agenda 😍
Welcome to Finland 🇫🇮😍
Thank you so much 😃
@@BenandMarnie welcome 😊
You must definately visit Lapland, Finland. That’s amazing place.
You can feel the real vinter and there is also Santa Claus Village open year around.
100% that is on our bucket list 😍
Thank you for the suggestion, we know there are so many beautiful areas of Finland we want to explore when we return
Looks like you visited Helsinki during the brief pre-Christmas warms weather spell. It got colder and more snowy again just a couple of days before Christmas.
We’re glad it got more snowy. It makes for the perfect Xmas setting ❄️😃😍
Very nice video, good choice of background music as well. Your 'Amazing'' count at 3 is quite high, on the other hand your 'Massive' count was a paltry '1'. As a Brit, there should at least 3 or 4 'Massive' in your video!😂.
Ahahaha. We will have to keep count of things I say way too many times 🤣🤣
There must be so many more words we all say too many times… 🙈
@@BenandMarnie not à big deal, I probably wouldn't have noticed if you hadn't kept count. 😅 Enjoy your travels and holidays .
Thanks for the journey,very interesting. I would choose Tallin and Budapest for more days, and skip both Finland and Stockholm for christmas tour. But in the summer I could take this trip,the opposite way. Happy Christmas from Norway :)
Thank you so much. Our journey goes through Sweden, Denmark and Norway next. Tallinn was amazing - we would love to visit Budapest someday too!
Norway is our favourite country!!! 😍
Happy Christmas to you too!
Suomenlinna is amazing during the summer.
probably my favorite place in finland or even on earth.
Drones that are not toys (if it has camera) must be registered.
Some areas are no drone zones like cathedral area and market place. Also some restricted areas at Suomenlinna that belongs to military😊
I went to Helsinki in March. I live in Istanbul. Helsinki is a very quiet and peaceful city. People are helpful. But it was very cold 😂
Haha you are right there! It’s very cold in winter time! We would love to visit again in summer as well. And definitely, people in that part of the world are so positive and friendly ☺️
Also - Istanbul is a beautiful place!!
Thanks for the interesting video, subscribed & sure you will succeed growing the channel if you continue like that :)
Ahh thank you so much, very kind words - and really appreciate you subscribing 🙏😃
Have to point out that Finland is not part of Scandinavia (Sweden, Norway and Denmark) but is part of the Nordic countries (Finland, Sweden, Norway , Denmark and Iceland) and Fennoscandia 😉
Thank you, many have. Apologies!
@@BenandMarnieNo biggie, you often hear "Scandinavia" used as a synonym for the whole Nordic region. Officially, in the happy Nordic family, the 3 monarchies DEN NOR SWE are called Scandinavia. Helsinki is at its best in summer: very green, lots of outdoor activities, people enjoy the long days.
@@mikrokupu most definitely! It’s such a common misconception here in the UK and we’re so sorry for this mistake - we feel really bad now 🙈 have changed our video description to clarify and be clear it was an honest and genuine mistake we made as we were just so excited to be in Finland anyway! But thank you for being so kind! We definitely can’t wait to come back one day in summer 😀
@@BenandMarnie Scandinavia is a commonly used synonym for Nordic countries in English, so it's totally OK to use that term in the future also.
@@vesak455 it sure is! We’ve always included Finland and Iceland here in England and it’s only now we did this video and had many comments about it that we’ve even realised. Thank you for being kind 🙏 😀
You are not in scandinavia, but almost. Finland is not a part of scandinavia, but a part of Fennoscandia.
Yeah, sorry! And we have been made aware by many 😅 and apologised in the comments/description. As we’ve said to others, hope that’s not the main takeaway from the video…
you have a vlog channel....
You’re watching a travel vlog yes… nice observation👏🏻
still not Scandinavian, that title is for Denmark, Norvay and Sweden. Finland is Nordic but NOT Scandinavian
Hey, yeah we realised our mistake! Sorry 🙈
We put a note in the description to say 😅
What is the difference? Finland 🇫🇮 is a Nordic country with Sweden 🇸🇪 Norway 🇸🇯 Denmark 🇩🇰 and Iceland 🇮🇸 politically, economically, religiously, culturally and geographically. Also they are all members of the Nordic council.
Finland's not in Scandinavia. it's a nordic country. Scandinavia = Denmark, Sweden and Norway.
So many have said! I think it’s a common misconception and there are differing descriptions of this part of the world. Hopefully that’s not the main takeaway from the video though, as it’s really not meant to be!
differing descriptions?
finland is a nordic country like iceland.
never ever have i heard them being described as scandinavian.
@@moonliteX yeah, there are differing historic descriptions and it’s definitely a very common misconception in the UK also, so it’s a mistake for not double checking that fact like with many of the others discussed in the film. We’ve apologised throughout the comments and also don’t think it should take away from the video itself. We were very excited just to be in this part of the world and made an honest mistake. When you film off a piece to camera, you’re just filming an honest, real moment in time. We also think it really doesn’t need to sway or overshadow the purpose of the video - it’s supposed to be an enjoyable, feel-good short visit to Helsinki, so it’s a shame if the only thing anyone takes is one genuine mistake based on a very common misunderstanding. Sorry again if it’s offensive, it’s just really not our intention at all. Merry Christmas and hope you still enjoyed the rest of the video🎄
Partly Finland is located on the Scandinavian peninsula.
@user-mq4nl3wx...x The only difference is that Finland has got more ppl with blue eyes and blond hair.
I hope you stayed off the minifridge. The prices are horrific.
Hahaha no we didn’t go near that! It’s just fun to look in there 🤣
nah
Scandinavian countries still include the Nordic countries, excluding Finland. Fennoscandia, on the other hand, is the Nordic countries, including certain areas of Russia..Why isn't Finland in Scandinavia? Because Finland was part of the Kingdom of Sweden for centuries. However, Finland would hardly get the official Scandinavian land value in practice, because it does not have a land area in the Skandian mountains.
THe North part of Finland does (the peninsula). Isn`t it purely the way the people perceive the issue? Some include it, some not!
Thank you for your comment! I know it’s not considered as much part of Scandinavia as Norway, Sweden and Denmark - we meant just the first time we set foot on this stretch of land that combines these countries and Finland is often referred to as part of Scandinavia if not considered by everyone to be part of it! We didn’t think too deeply about that aspect to be honest though - and our next videos will be of the rest of the main Scandinavian countries 😃 sorry if it caused any offence, that’s far from our intention!
@@PuppuPosti we honestly didn’t realise it was such an issue and just assumed (maybe incorrectly) that Finland was part of Scandinavia. Either way, we loved it 😍
No, no, you are right. I just tried to say some people have on opinion Finland doesn´t include to Scandinavia and some are thinking it does. The last one is more common. @@BenandMarnie
@@PuppuPosti 👌👌 we’ve learnt something! I think it’s definitely a common misconception 😅 🙈
I live in Helsinki and think the city looks hideous in the winter. Wet, cold, dark and dirty snow everywhere. You should see it in the summer. Best city in the world in July
We will definitely be back one day in the summertime! We still enjoyed it, but can imagine how it’s very different. The Xmas market is one perk of the winter I guess 😅
I cant understand why foreigners would come to Finland, winter or summer 😂 Prices are atrocious and there's not much to do or see...
Don't underestimate your own good country!
Helsinki is the most boring city in Europe !
If you like thieves, attacking, killing etc. Yes Helsinki is boring. Not much that stuff there.
@@diamondsarenotforever8542 this is to extreme ! I travel after Helsinki to Poland Gdańsk Warsaw Krakow and was beautiful so many restaurant international and domestic with affordable prices and beautiful architecture ! And was very safe ! But not boring like Helsinki even food was boring and expensive
@@EA00000 Everybody else loves Helsinki. No need to be jealous.
@@diamondsarenotforever8542 Obviously you speaking with emigrants in Helsinki not tourist !
@@EA00000 Obviously you did not read Time magazine. It ranked Helsinki one of the most fascinating targets in the world for tourists. I visited Helsinki and a lot of
Restaurants everywhere. A lot to see and interesting targets there. Everything is clean and well maintained.
Also the studies and researches tell Helsinki is one of the safest places.